Japanese design studio
Nendo has teamed up with New York-based artist
Daniel Arsham to present a collaborative product series titled 'Break to Make' at
Milan Design Week 2023. The collection consists of various objects that have no intended use and are given a
new function by being broken. The project is based on Arsham’s practice of ‘Fictional Archaeology’ and also addresses the concept of ‘reverse engineering of breakage’, which is often explored in Nendo’s work.
In a demonstration of both designers’ poetic approaches to creation, Arsham transmutes each distilled form designed by Nendo into
functional objects that embody humor and a “playful complexity,” rendered in calm, pastel hues—quite typical of Arsham’s work.
